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Glamorous

Rating 3.3
Word count
533K words
Chapters
155
ISBN
9787540269098

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Summary

When luxury brands collide with street culture, when refined commerce meets defiant nonconformity, when Jiang Lan meets Fei Ying—can shared courage, belief, ideals, and passion bring the two together to fight side by side toward a common goal and build a brilliant future for China's first women's luxury streetwear brand?

Editor's review

Glamour places the polished surface of the fashion industry and the raw vitality of street culture on the same table, letting luxury brands and rebellious spirit grind against each other. Author Xing Yanyan does not stop at the lightweight level of workplace romance; through the collision between Jiang Lan and Fei Ying, she explores how a female entrepreneur finds her footing between business rules and self-expression. The novel's appeal lies in the clash of two aesthetic systems: the sense of order in haute couture shows and the improvisational feel of street graffiti are both externalizations of character and metaphors for industry transformation. The book lays out details of brand positioning, team磨合 (team integration), and market judgment with considerable solidity, giving it the texture of an industry drama. It is suitable for concentrated reading on commutes or weekends, offering both the tension of the emotional line and a look at how 'courage' in an entrepreneurial narrative is concretized into decision after decision. For readers interested in women's growth and narratives of domestic brands, this book offers a discussable sample.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Readers who enjoy urban workplace and entrepreneurial fiction
  • Readers interested in fashion, street culture, and brand operations
  • Readers concerned with the growth and emotional choices of female entrepreneurs
  • Those looking for a fast-paced leisure read rich in industry detail

Not a good fit for

  • Serious fiction readers expecting pure literature or experimental narrative
  • Readers completely uninterested in the fashion industry background who want only suspense and thrills
  • Readers averse to dual-line emotional development and idealized business portrayals

Reading tips

  1. First note the differences in stance each time Jiang Lan and Fei Ying clash, then see how cooperation is advanced.
  2. Trace the brand line separately: from positioning to execution, observe how the author writes business decisions.
  3. At emotional turning points, pause and look back at how the two understand 'courage' differently.
  4. If fashion terminology is unfamiliar, don't look up every term; just follow character relationships and shifts in goals.

About the publisher

Beijing Yanshan Press China · Founded in 1985

Beijing Yanshan Press is a publisher distinguished by its focus on cultural relics and museology, Beijing regional history and literature, fine literature, and classical documents and ancient books, forming a publishing direction known as the “four literary and one ancient” approach. According to in-house data, the press has published 190 titles, covering social psychology, inspirational growth, Eastern philosophy, popular science, martial arts fiction, and management. Representative books include Maslow’s Motivation and Personality, Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, Chen Lisheng’s Wang Yangming’s “Unity of All Things”, Zhang Jiexin’s The Three Heroes and Five Gallants, and Peng Jianfeng’s Mechanisms Create Talent and Reimagining the Organization. Its author resources include Maslow, Carnegie, Fang Shihua, and Zheng Sijie. Public information is limited; its publishing features emphasize classic translations, academic research, and the organization and dissemination of traditional martial arts texts.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 上册
  3. 第1章 Fashion Week
  4. 001 Fashion Week (时装周)
  5. 002 Meeting Week(会议周)
  6. 003 幸会
  7. 004 扫码
  8. 005 逗
  9. 第2章 Hi
  10. 006 Hi
  11. 007 送给你
  12. 008 胆
  13. 009 Hungry for Battle(渴望战斗)
  14. 010 体面
  15. 第3章 Original
  16. 011 Original(原创)
  17. 012 中国
  18. 013 酷,不酷
  19. 014 坦率
  20. 015 BOLDNESS
  21. 第4章 狂妄
  22. 016 狂妄
  23. 017 这才是他
  24. 018 兴趣
  25. 019 完美
  26. 020 直觉
  27. 021 复杂吗?
  28. 第5章 本能
  29. 022 本能
  30. 023 从心
  31. 024 高跟鞋
  32. 025 潜意识
  33. 026 球鞋
  34. 027 山,墙,雨
  35. 028 得寸进尺
  36. 第6章 南山
  37. 029 南山
  38. 030 洁癖
  39. 031 梦境VS现实
  40. 032 睡觉
  41. 033 女人
  42. 034 糖
  43. 第7章 母亲
  44. 035 母亲
  45. 036 746HW
  46. 037 Neal
  47. 038 阑阑
  48. 039 “体贴”
  49. 040 离愁
  50. 第8章 品位
  51. 041 品位
  52. 042 我很想你
  53. 043 真实,街头
  54. 044 不行吗?
  55. 045 女朋友
  56. 046 亲密
  57. 第9章 45/32
  58. 047 45/32
  59. 048 南山@无畏WUWEI
  60. 049 脾气
  61. 050 靠近
  62. 051 疤,战斗,精神
  63. 052 强势
  64. 第10章 传奇
  65. 053 传奇
  66. 054 圆满
  67. 055 婚姻
  68. 056 照片
  69. 057 野心
  70. 058 渴
  71. 第11章 表情
  72. 059 表情
  73. 060 情绪
  74. 061 情愫
  75. 062 理想化(X)
  76. 063 砸
  77. 第12章 失控
  78. 064 失控
  79. 065 信任
  80. 066 他的理想
  81. 下册
  82. 第13章 五个数字和六个字母
  83. 067 五个数字和六个字母
  84. 068 朋友圈
  85. 069 你会冷吗?
  86. 070 薄荷糖
  87. 071 沸
  88. 072 她
  89. 073 刷新
  90. 074 外套
  91. 第14章 外套
  92. 075 外套
  93. 076 美
  94. 077 别怕
  95. 078 妥协
  96. 079 夜
  97. 080 奢侈
  98. 081 很复杂
  99. 第15章 错了
  100. 082 错了
  101. 083 坐
  102. 084 啦
  103. 085 羡慕
  104. 第16章 这姓这血
  105. 086 这姓这血
  106. 087 周五快乐
  107. 088 烟火
  108. 089 平静
  109. 090 Professional(职业化)
  110. 第17章 冲动
  111. 091 冲动
  112. 092 痛快
  113. 第18章 分道
  114. 093 分道
  115. 094 零诺
  116. 095 懂
  117. 第19章 跨年
  118. 096 跨年
  119. 097 执棒
  120. 098 礼物
  121. 099 你男朋友?
  122. 100 Battle
  123. 第20章 忠诚
  124. 101 忠诚
  125. 102 Offer
  126. 103 房
  127. 104 除夕
  128. 105 我决定了
  129. 第21章 南墙
  130. 106 南墙
  131. 107 愤怒
  132. 108 LINO
  133. 109 友
  134. 110 结吗?
  135. 第22章 目标
  136. 111 目标
  137. 112 女人的品牌
  138. 113 全明星
  139. 114 拒绝我吗?
  140. 第23章 圆什么满,痛什么快?
  141. 115 圆什么满,痛什么快?
  142. 116 @
  143. 117 I don't give a damn(我不在乎)
  144. 118 费劲
  145. 第24章 姜阑
  146. 119 姜阑
  147. 120 BATTLE
  148. 121 @YN-YN
  149. 122 爱+理想+关系+利益
  150. 123 光鲜
  151. 番外·七夕快乐
  152. 番外·夏天的夏
  153. 番外·追星
  154. 后记
  155. 后遗症

FAQ

Is this book pure romance or more workplace entrepreneurship?
It has both, but workplace and entrepreneurial lines take up more space. The emotional development is embedded in the process of taking a brand from conception to launch, so readers get both relationship tension and business details like team integration and positioning choices. If you expect only sweet romance, you may find the industry content heavy; if you care only about entrepreneurship, the emotional line is an important variable driving decisions.
Can I read it without any exposure to the fashion industry?
Yes. The book dramatizes the conflict between luxury brands and street culture, so you can follow it without professional background. Skip unfamiliar terms for now and grasp the characters' goals and disagreements. If you want to go deeper afterward, revisit the key nodes of the brand line for a fuller understanding.
What is the main line of the relationship between Jiang Lan and Fei Ying?
The two resonate because of similar courage, conviction, and passion, but they operate in different systems and clash constantly. The relationship's main line moves from collision to standing side by side under shared goals, with emotion and career affecting each other. As you read, notice who concedes and who holds firm each time cooperation advances; this reveals more about the characters than simply watching the romance heat up.

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Xing Yanyan is a web-fiction author about whom limited public information is available. Two of her works are currently included in the library, with representative titles including Give Me a Thousand Autumns and Glamorous. Judging from the existing works, her writing is commonly classified under time-travel alternate history and war and military fiction, indicating a tendency to move between historical imagination and military narrative. Time-travel alternate-history settings often use shifts in time and space to unfold characters' fates and the broader patterns of nation and family, while war and military elements inject tense plot momentum and collisions in character relationships. Because the author's real name, nationality, dates of birth and death, and English name are not clearly recorded, details of her personal background and writing career cannot be described in depth, and this introduction can only sketch her work briefly on the basis of subject matter and genre. Readers who wish to learn more about Xing Yanyan should still rely mainly on her published works.

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